Chapter 133 : The Three Great Evil (Part 1)

The Fort City, Halvenberg.

The city that was located on the north side of the world map, where this cursed land lies.

The land filled with unbearable coldness, endless blizzards, and of course.

Dangerous monsters.

The curse that was casted upon this land was known as [Eternal Freeze].

When you set foot there, it is as if the world had been enveloped with white color, nothing more than just a blank sheet of paper and pure white as your entire body froze to death on the spot.

But now, these S-class adventurers had started their journey for the quest that was given personally by the Guild Master himself.

"Phew! This is cold!"

The male adventurer with green hair said. He's wearing thick clothing, holding a bow and a bag of arrows behind his bag.

The male was known as [The Gale Ranger, Hiba].

"Hey! Don't wander off alone!"

A female with brunette hair spoke, she's wearing an armor with a sword on her waist, she's also covering her body with thick clothing to keep herself warm.

The female was known as [The Red Lightning, Ashley].

"Hahaha! You need guts, you know! In this unknown cold land! We need to keep ourselves fired up to stay warm!"

Then a big man who's also wearing full body armor with a shield on his back and a hammer spoke. He had dark brown hair with a beard throughout his chin.

The big man was known as [The Gatekeeper, Hilbert]

"Brrr...it's so cold, are you fine? Alicia?"

A girl wearing a red robe and holding a staff asked a certain girl behind her. She had long black hair with bangs covering the right side of her face, she's also wearing thick clothes to prevent cold.

The girl with the robe was known as [The Pyromancer, Sharon].

"Yeah, I am okay~ thank you for asking~" Finally the girl who wore white robe and thick clothing as well, with her beautiful blonde hair.

[The Saintess, Alicia].

"But....I don't think Chris would be fine."

And their F-class Porter, Chris.

"D-d-don't worry about me!"

The male was wearing a hoodie to cover up his face, while carrying a big bag filled with weapons and all of their necessities.

"Tsk, how weak! You were the one who asked us to join!" Ashley spoke in a rude manner towards him who tried to follow them.

"Calm down, Ashley, it can't be helped since someone needs work to live." Hilbert spoke. "But despite his low class! He still managed to follow us up here! That needs guts!"

"Muscle-head." Hiba and Ashley called him in unison.

Alicia giggled as Chris managed to catch up to her side.

"Haaa...haaa...don't worry...about me." Chris spoke while panting hard.

"Don't worry about it, we still have a long journey ahead of us~" Alicia spoke with a gentle manner unlike Ashley as she helped him recover by using her hand to create a small light from her magic.

Chris' body glowed a bit, "Ohh! Thank you Alicia-san!" He spoke with a big smile underneath that hood.

"O-oh! N-no, it's okay~" Alicia was surprised by the sudden praise.

'Hmmm, why does he seem familiar?' Alicia thought after seeing a glimpse of his smile.

"Come on you guys! Let's rest here! There's a cave!" Hiba announced while pointing out the cave which was in the middle of the blizzard.

"Yes! We're coming!" Alicia answered and shrugged off those thoughts as she needed to focus on their Quest.

The Quest they were facing was a S-rank quest, the difficulty was quite high because they were tasked to scout certain monsters that were known as....

"[The Three Great Evil], does it really exist?"

Alicia asked as they're now sitting in front of the campfire they created to keep them warm inside of the cave they found.

The team was surprised to hear it, "Ahhh, right...you aren't from here." Hiba spoke.

"Well, I don't know what to say about that." Hilbert rubbed his head.

"I think it is a made up story to scare children." Ashley replied.

"But I think it does exist, but we never know." Sharon replied.

"I see..." Alicia hugged her knees.

"Then." After that their focus went to a certain someone who hid in the very back.

"What is this [The Three Great Evil] anyway?" Chris asked them.

All of them were quiet, including Alicia, since she didn't know anything about it.

"There was a story, I listened it from my grandma." Hiba answered him.

"The story about a Legendary Adventurer and the Fallen Kingdom in the North."

"A legendary adventurer?"

"Yes, this legend has been passed on from generation to generation, the birth of these Three Great Evil."

"It starts off with this one particular Adventurer from 100 years ago, maybe longer than that." Hiba explained.

"The adventurer doesn't have a name, but this adventurer is a very kind one."

"He helped people in need, fought a lot of evil monsters that harmed the village and protected them with one sword."

"He appeared out of nowhere but his deed made people in this northern region admire his bravery."

"But unfortunately..." Hiba looked down a bit.

"Where there's eyes that admired him, there's also eyes that envied him."

"Because of his strength, the Kingdom that was once standing tall in this region, felt interested in him."

"And that's how it begins..."

"The cruelty of the King of that Kingdom, to made him submit."

"He abducted people who admired him using the people who envied his strength."

"Of course, the adventurer came to the Kingdom just to rescue them."

"Many people rejoiced at his arrival and many also hated him."

"The king offered him..."

[Become mine! Oh, Adventurer, with your strength we could rule the world!]

The greedy King said.

[No, you who took people's happiness and even abducted them to bait me here].

[You are no King to me and never will].

The adventurer answered vigilantly.

[Heh, so be it].

"Then...the tragedy happened."

"The King ordered his soldiers to kill the villagers and the people who admired him right in front of him."

[No....NO!!]

The adventurer rushed at them but was stopped by many soldiers.

*SLASH*

The adventurer began to commit his first murder.

*SLASH*

Killing them one by one.

*SLASH*

Even though his body was impaled by a sword and spear, the adventurer kept running towards them, to protect them.

*SLASH*

Until one last soldier fell down by his sword and his body drenched in blood and injuries.

He was left standing alone while watching these people lying on the ground lifelessly.

Even a child who used to admire him.

Died without reason.

[Why...]

The adventurer asked.

[This is your punishment for not listening to me].

The greedy King answered with a big wide smile as he sat on his throne holding a wine.

[Well even though you are the strongest, it doesn't mean you can fight that long].

The greedy king spoke as the adventurer surrounded by the remaining soldiers.

[You...you are no king...you are no man...]

[You are just a monster!!]

The adventurer spoke in anger.

[No, I'm not a monster! I'm the GOD HERE!]

The greedy king spoke arrogantly while laughing on his seat.

[AAGGHHHH!!!]

"Then another tragedy had begun, what the King did was a mistake...because...."

"What he did had made the world...responded to his hatred and gave birth"

"To the monster that had never existed..." Hiba spoke.

All of them were silent after hearing such a story from him.

"Such a tragic story right?" Hiba spoke while trying to lighten up the mood with his smile.

"Well that's the gist of the story." Ashley spoke.

"Yeah! That king is a bastard!" Hilbert spoke as well while Sharon nodded her head in agreement.

Then Chris raised his hand, "So basically the Three Great Evil were connected with this story?"

"Correct, although I can say that the adventurer in the story...is probably among those three."

"But I don't know about the other two." Hiba spoke.

Then Alicia raised her hand, "Maybe...they are the adventurer's comrades?"

"What makes you say that?" Hiba asked.

"Ummm...just a feeling, because maybe the adventurer wasn't alone and there's some people who admired him and followed him right?" Alicia guessed.

"Hmmm...that could be true, is this about how you felt right?"

"Mhm!" Alicia nodded.

"Then I guess it is possible." Hiba spoke.

"Huh??? What are you guys talking about?" Chris asked.

"Ahh, about that–" When Hiba was about to answer, Ashley then jumped to Alicia's side and hugged her.

"About that! Alicia had this great luck you see! Whenever she goes [I had a feeling...] it means what she said could be true!" Ashley spoke.

"Ohhh." Chris looked at her.

"E-eh? T-that's not true! I didn't do anything!" Alicia became flustered by their attention.

"What are you saying? You even sensed a treasure that slipped through my eyes and others! If not for that, we wouldn't be able to buy some good equipment!" Hiba spoke with a bright smile.

Hilbert and Sharon nodded while smiling at her.

Alicia's face reddened as she was more flustered after hearing his compliment, "C-come on you guys!"

They all laughed as they saw her pouting like a child.

Chris did the same while watching them from the side.

"Oh, right! I heard that Alicia doesn't belong here, what makes you come to this region?" Chris asked.

"Ummmm...about that." Alicia seemed shy talking about herself.

Hiba smiled, "Well about that, apparently she is on a quest to search for someone."

"H-hiba!"

"Come on, everyone knows that already, the guy will know sooner or later anyway!" Hiba shrugged.

"B-but..." Alicia looked down a bit.

Ashley sighed, "Geez, just join us Alicia! And forget about this guy you are looking for!"

"No!" Then Alicia shouted that shocked everyone. "I-i mean...I can't do that...he is my savior."

They looked at each other, especially towards Ashley.

Ashley was caught off guard and looked down, "U-ummm...w-what? Jeez, I'm sorry about that, Alicia..."

Alicia looked at her and smiled, "It's fine."

Ashley sobbed and hugged her, "Alicia...forgive me...."

"Okay, I forgive you, but never mention that again." Alicia spoke while calming her down in her arms.

Chris then looked at her and became curious over this savior she mentioned, "So who is this savior?"

Alicia looked at him and smiled, "He's just a wanderer actually...I don't know where he came from."

"I see, then he must a capable guy."

"Yes he is!"

Suddenly Alicia getting excited, "He saved me from bad people, and gave me back to my family, not only he is strong, he is also super kind! He gave us all the fortune that he got from the bad people and left without a words!" Her eyes sparkled as she telling him her story about his certain man.

Chris felt overwhelmed by her story, then he gotten curious "I- i see...then do you know his whereabouts?" Chris asked.

Alicia shook her head, "No, he went missing a few years ago and is still missing even though I tried to search him all over the place after I became an adventurer." Alicia spoke.

"I see...then, may I know his name? Maybe I could help you with it." Chris spoke to her.

"Well I don't know if people still remembered him, but he was very known in the past as adventurer..."

"He was known as...[The Wrath Knight, Crimson]." Alicia spoke his name.

Chris went quiet for a bit but then smiled while rubbing the back of his head.

"I see, I don't really know that name, sorry for my lack of information, cause I came from a secluded village." Chris spoke.

"No, it's okay~" Alicia smiled while slowly looking down.

Chris looked at her for a moment.

"Oh well! Let's rest for a bit, since the blizzard is still not gonna stop anytime soon." Hiba spoke while lying on his back on the cave wall.

"Same." Hilbert spoke.

"Me too." Sharon yawned.

Meanwhile, Ashley was already asleep while hugging Alicia's waist.

"Yeah, we should rest~" Alicia then looked at Chris.

"Yeah. Let's rest." Chris nodded at her then after that they rested before they continued on with their journey.

******

The next day, they ventured in the blizzard again together. Following the location through the map that had been marked.

According to the information they got, one of the Three Great Evil resided within this underground ruins beneath a large mountain.

Hiba located it which led them to this one large gate.

"Woah, I've been an adventurer for quite a while but never thought something like this existed..." Hiba said.

"Truly, our lucky charm always gets things right~" Ashley spoke while turning her head to Alicia who stood behind Chris.

"N-not really, we are just lucky to find it earlier than we expected~" Alicia remained humble in this situation, which made them comfortable with her.

"Now then! Shall we go on this unknown adventure!" Hilbert spoke.

"But before that..." Sharon then approached them, "[Barrier], [Cold Protection], [Lesser Strength]."

Sharon casted multiple buff magic on them.

"Me too." Alicia then joined, "[Brave Heart], [Haste], [Dark Protection], [Magic Protection]." Alicia casted another buff on them.

Chris looked at his body that was glowing from the effect of their magic. "Amazing."

'As expected...S-class is different.' Chris thought as he saw them preparing their stuff.

"Thanks as always Sharon, Alicia." Ashley spoke while smiling.

"Arrow is good, bow is good, some potion and knives~" Hiba checked himself.

Meanwhile, Hilbert was already holding his shield in his hand and a hammer on another.

Ashley, their leader, was checking her sword's condition and sheathed it on her waist before leading the way by standing in front of the gate with Hilbert.

"Don't wander off okay? We are here to scout and not fight, after we locate the boss, we run." Ashley briefed them before going inside.

"Yes!" They all responded.

Then Ashley pointed her finger at Chris, "Especially you, the weakest of all...don't become a burden."

"Y-yes!" Chris answered.

Alicia smiled at him, "Don't worry~ her words are harsh but I know she just worried about you~" Alicia encouraged him.

"T-thanks, Alicia-san." Chris smiled back.

"Now then, let's go!" Ashley ordered and finally...

They opened the gate.

******

When they entered, they were greeted with a dark room.

"[Light]."

While they began to walk in, Alicia lit up their path with small light flying above them.

During their walk, they could see a wide space and a high ceiling, they couldn't estimate how big this place was.

Especially with pillars standing around them which was probably the reason why this place as wide as this didn't collapse.

"Woah..." Hiba was amazed with his observations, since he's a scout. He can easily see what people couldn't.

"Did you find anything?" Ashley asked.

"No, it's just…this place is quite huge..." Hiba spoke.

"What about traps or anything?"

"Hmmm...none so far, most likely this is just the entrance." Hiba spoke.

"This is the entrance? It's much bigger than a mansion of a noble!" Hilbert spoke.

"Like you ever seen one." Sharon replied.

Hilbert laughed, "Hahaha! True! But well, are there no traps or anything?" Hilbert asked to confirm.

"Like I said, I don't—"

When Hiba spoke, something approached just right in front of him.

*SWOOSH*

"FRONT!!"

Among them warned that something was approaching.

"Huh—?!"

Hilbert immediately pushed Hiba aside and raised his shield.

"[Focus Block]!"

Clad a brown color aura around his shield, and then...

*THUNG*

He managed to block the strike of something in front of them.

"Ughh—!"

"Hilbert!" They immediately prepared their weapons, as Alicia moved the light higher to see what was in front of them.

*ZWONG*

Something big was standing there.

"I-it's....a [Golem]!" Hiba shouted.

[Golem] a monster made from rocks and dirt, this monster had a body like a giant, with strong physical resistance that cannot be pierced by normal means.

But this one...is somewhat different.

"Is it...really a [Golem]?" Ashley asked as they could see this thing was different.

The Golem that was standing in front of them was 12 feet tall, but with a body made of steel with big red glowing eyes on its head.

*ZWONG*

Suddenly the golem's eyes began to glow.

Sharon immediately noticed it, "A magic reaction! You guys! Spread out!" She warned them all.

"Hilbert!!" Ashley called his name, since Hilbert still remained on his spot while holding his shield from the golem's fist.

"Don't worry about me! Just run!" Hilbert shouted back.

"No! We're not running!" Ashley then pulled out her sword.

"Yeah! We're a team!" Hiba said while standing by her side.

"Dammit...you guys are fools!" Sharon cursed while lifting her staff.

"Alicia help me!" Sharon shouted.

"Y-yes!" Alicia then stood beside her, meanwhile Chris stayed quiet behind them.

"We double up the barrier and strengthen them!" Sharon spoke while lifting her staff with Alicia.

"Yes!"

After that…

*SHINGGG*

The golem shot out a concentrated magic laser towards them from above.

"[Barrier]!" Sharon and Alicia retracted their barrier around them to block the magic attack.

*BAM* *TSSSKKKK*

The laser kept clashing against their barrier and the two of them tried their best to maintain it.

"G-guhhh!!" Alicia tried her best to endure it.

"Hold on!!" Sharon shouted.

Until the laser dissipated slowly.

"NOW!" Ashley shouted at the chance they were given.

With Sharon and Alicia immediately pulling the barrier off, Ashley clad her body with red aura while Hiba covered himself with a green aura.

The two of them run in opposite directions.

Chris ran at Sharon and Alicia to give them a mana potion.

"Drink this, the fight isn't over." Chris spoke.

Sharon and Alicia immediately took them and drank it.

"Thanks." Sharon thanked him, but then noticed something was off.

'For F-class....he seems pretty calm.' Sharon thought while glancing at Chris.

"Sharon-san! We need to focus!" Alicia snapped her out of her thoughts.

"Y-yes!" Sharon nodded at Alicia, 'Dammit...this is not the time yet.'

Then the fight began.

First, Hiba, who ran on the left side of the golem, shot his arrow at his head.

*TING*

It didn't cause any damage but the golem immediately looked at him and pulled his fist away from Hilbert.

*ZWONGGG*

The golem's attention was fixed at him.

'Nice, Hiba.'

Ashley thought while running on the left side, she's now at the back of the golem after it turned around to focus on Hiba.

Then she clad her body in red lightning with a sword, using an attribute aura which belonged to the element of lightning.

"Huff—"

She took a breath and jumped up high to reach the top of the golem's head.

Then the lightning around her concentrated into her sword as the spreading lightning was turned into a sharpened blade.

Alicia who saw that, 'That's! Ashley-san skill! [Red Flash].'

Ashley was about to swing her sword, but then she stopped.

"Huh—?!"

When the golem's head suddenly spun around on its own and looked at Ashley.

Then its eye glowed red and getting ready to shoot another laser.

"ORAAA!!"

Hilbert swiftly charged at the golem's leg with his shield while being clad with brown aura on his body.

*BAM*

The golem got pushed back when his shield hit its leg and canceled its magic laser skill.

*ZWONGG*

Then Ashley took this chance, "HAAAAA!!" and swung her sword at it.

*SHING*

But, the golem managed to raise its arm and took the slash of her sword.

She managed to cut down one of its arms, "Dammit!"

Then the golem used its other arm to reach Ashley who's still in mid air.

*ZWONGG*

But it wasn't over yet.

*BOOM*

The golem was struck by a few balls of fire. Rather than a ball, it's more like a spear made from fire.

"Sharon!" Ashley called her name.

"The preparation is ready." Sharon spoke where she's standing, under her feet was a magic circle.

On her side was Alicia crouching while holding her two hands.

"This is..." Chris, who watched on the side, was amazed by the sight.

"Yes, this is our combination, Alicia provides me with magic and support to increase my fire power." Sharon spoke while slamming her staff on the ground.

"I shall show you the might of fire magic!" Then Sharon raised her hand.

"[Fire Javelin], plus [Explosion]." Sharon casted her magic skill on her fire magic which is shaped into several javelins of fire.

"Shoot." Then Sharon shot out those fire javelins at the golem.

*BOOM* *BOOM*

The golem got hit once again.

*ZWONG*

But that wasn't over yet.

"Haaah!" Then Sharon raised her hand again, then a magic circle appeared underneath the golem.

"[Fire Tornado]!"

Then a swirl of fire immediately rose up from underneath the golem and enveloped it.

*SWOOSH*

The sight of a fire tornado just right in front of them, the steel body of the golem was heated up by her flame.

Yet the golem didn't give up.

*ZWONG*

Its red eye glowed through the swirl of fire, then swiped the fire out with its remaining arm.

*SWOOSH*

*TSSSS*

The fire was wiped out with just a simple swing, but the body of the golem that was made from metal was heated up.

"Nice! Sharon!"

Then the chance he had been waiting for finally came.

All this time, the main attack didn't come from Ashley nor Sharon but...

Hiba, who was on its left side before now facing its back, pulled the string of his bow and clad his arrow with a swirl of wind torrent.

"Hey! How about you cool down a little bit!" Hiba smirked and pulled the string more.

"Lock on! [Weakness Sense]!" Suddenly he used his skill where a target mark appeared on his eye while aiming at the golem.

"That's his core!" Hiba spoke after his eyes locked onto a certain part on the golem's body which is…

In the middle of its chest.

"Heh~ got you."

*SWOOSH*

Then he fired his arrow at the golem's back.

'[Whirlwind]!'

His arrow was concentrated with an aggressive wind aura that swirled around it.

Then the golem that noticed him couldn't respond to its quick shot and...

*BAM*

Got hit right on its back.

*TSKKKK*

They could hear metal noises created from crashing against the wind torrent. Of course, a wind cannot pierce a hard metal.

But what if...

The metal was heated up to the point that it was breaking down? And cooled by the wind?

'Annealing process is when a metal is heated to a temperature below red hot and then allowed to cool slowly, it becomes soft.'

'Rather than using water, it cooled down with the wind which is almost unaffected by the metal.' Chris thought.

'They use their head.'

*TSSSKKKK*

Then his arrow…

*BAM*

Pierced through the golem's body.

*ZWONGGG*

The light on the golem's eye died down as its body fell down lifelessly after being pierced through on the middle of its chest.

All of them were breathing heavily and the battle ended after the golem finally fell.

Hiba then fell down to the floor, along with Ashley and Hilbert wiping the dust off his body.

Sharon, who used her magic with Alicia's support, was exhausted from the mana they used.

"Damn, it was just one golem, yet it is enough to drain our energy." Ashley spoke.

"Indeed, it managed to pass through my detection skill, if it wasn't for your warning, we would be pummeled." Hiba said while looking at Ashley.

"Yeah, thanks to you leader, I managed to protect you guys!" Hilbert spoke with a wide grin.

"What are you guys talking about?" Ashley asked.

Sharon and Alicia approached them with Chris behind them.

"Huh?? So you aren't the one who warned us?" Sharon asked Ashley.

"Stop that, it's creeping me out! I didn't say anything at all! I thought it was you guys!" Ashley spoke while pointing at them all as they grouped up.

"It wasn't us though." Sharon spoke.

"Me neither." Alicia shook her head.

"Hey! I am at the front here." Hiba answered.

"Me too, I immediately reacted towards those words." Hilbert answered as well.

"Then does that mean..."

After that, their attention went to a certain someone who's standing behind them.

"Hmm?? Me??" Chris pointed at himself.

"Who do you think we are talking to, dumbass!" Ashley spoke rudely.

"Aahhh, well it was just lucky, you know~ I just immediately noticed that there's something wrong~" Chris answered while laughing awkwardly.

"How is that even possible?" Ashley spoke.

"You know! Hiba-san said that there's no trap and Hilbert-san said this is just the entrance~"

"So I thought, maybe...there might be an enemy hiding." Chris spoke while smiling.

They all looked confused, especially Hiba.

"That is an amazing conclusion, but my detection skill couldn't even trace or sense the enemy nearby, so how is it possible?" Hiba spoke.

"Well..." When Chris was about to answer, his smile slowly disappeared.

"I wonder...if we have time for this." Then his voice became cold and calm.

They were all surprised by the change in his attitude, until...

*BAM*

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Something's approaching.

*BAM*

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Not one

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But more than that.

*BAM*

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They could tell, this thing was a big one.

They turned their body around.

*BAM*

*ZWONG* *ZWONG* *ZWONG* *ZWONG*

Then several red circles glowing through the darkness.

"No way." Hiba spoke.

"It can't be..." Ashley spoke as well when they all saw this coming.

The golem that they defeated just now, not just one but...

Four of them were now approaching them slowly.

"Now that's....overwhelming." Hilbert grinned widely and gulped.

"Damn it...even if I have to drink all the mana potion, it probably is not enough for all of us." Sharon spoke.

Alicia froze on the spot and trembled while watching this.

"B-but...we are S-class adventurers." Alicia spoke, "If we left this place, it would be a shame for us."

"And...if we just let it be, these monsters might come out and hurt the town." She added

"So...I won't give up!" Alicia spoke out and stood in front of them even though her legs were trembling.

They were stunned by her words, especially because she's the youngest in the group which made them feel ashamed.

Ashley smirked, "We fight and die hard! Isn't that our motto!" Then took out her sword.

"That's some guts there! Hahaha! I seriously lost to our newbie!" Hilbert laughed with a wide grin and stood in front of them with his shield and hammer.

"Seriously, going with you guys...always makes my blood boil for a fight~" Hiba then spoke while taking his arrow and preparing to shoot it.

Sharon sighed and smiled, "I guess I have no choice, I need to show off to my junior that even before my death…so she could  remember that my magic is powerful!" Then her staff was lit with fire.

Alicia widened her eyes and fisted both of her hands while looking bravely towards the sight of four golems standing in front.

"Mhm!"

"You guys! Let's fight it with all we got!!" Ashley shouted out.

"Yeah!!"

"We fight and die hard!!"

"Yeah!!"

"And we shall make them remember us!!"

During her speech with her team answering her shout, someone walking past them.

"Yeah!!—"

And cut their cheers before standing in front of them.

"—uh?" Then they all quieted down when they looked at him.

Chris was clapping his hand.

"Well I guess S-class truly lives up to their name huh, although I want to play along, I cannot let you guys die first~" Chris spoke.

"Huh?? What are you—" Ashley was about to ask when suddenly…

*SHING*

*CLINK*

A large battle axe appeared from thin air on his right hand and lifted it up as he rested it around his shoulder.

'[Spatial Magic]?' Sharon who saw it thought.

"1, 2,...4, so there are 5 guardians who protect their boss huh?" Chris pointed at them each.

"Well I guess that's fine since I could save up a bit of stamina." Chris spoke while putting his axe down by stabbing the pole on the ground.

Then he began to stretch his arms and legs.

"1 2, 1 2, hrrmmm...~"

They were looking at him in confusion.

"???"

Then Chris stopped stretching his body then grabbed his axe again then lifted it up to point it at those golems.

The golems then focused on Chris alone and one of them approached.

Chris smirked behind his hood, "Come—"

*BOOM*

Then immediately the golem slammed its fist at him straight and crushed him on the ground.

They all saw that and watched in shock.

"No—!!!"

That's what they thought.

*SHING* *SHING*

Then...

*CRACK*

*BAM*

The golem's fist was cut into pieces and scattered around, he remained unscathed.

"Without warning? How rude."

Then...

*SWOOSH*

Suddenly this man swung his axe vertically on his spot.

Before the Golem could respond.

*SHING*

Its body began to collapse with its body being cut in half vertically.

In just that short moment, they could see his axe was clad in red aura as his hood fell off, showing the face that had been hidden for so long.

"Heh."

After 7 years of training in seclusion.

"That's one."

The man had grown up after those long years, his body became a bit bulkier and his height was taller than before.

His different colored eyes, glowing bright especially his red left eye, while his golden yellow right eye remained unchanged.

But only his hair color had changed from brown red to bright red.

Now he stood in front of the danger alone again with a smile.

"Now then, shall we start the hunt."

Kiritsuka Rei, age 15 years old.

Back in action.

To be continued...